Fòram na Gàidhlig

How is it that it is so very difficult to understand that out of the whole Hawaiian population only 900 to 1200 people could speak the Hawaiian language fluently in 1982. Now the population of fluent Hawaiian speakers has gone up to between 9000 and 14,000 speakers. which is a major achievement. I ...

's e gus a chanas daoine

thàinig mi an seo gus bruidhinn riut

rinn mi sin gus faicinn dè thachradh

tha e ann gus seo a dhèanamh

many dialects use air and an dèidh interchangeably in that structure

cho dòigheal ri bròg
chan fhaca mi a d(h)ubh no a d(h)ath
is treasa tuatha na tighearna
am fear a thogas, 's e a leagas
duine dubh no geal
san t-seann aimsir
an latha a b' fheàrr a bh' ann
cha bu eòlach mo sheanair air

msaa

's toil leam cho mòr abairtean gàidhlig

eil iad saor 's an-asgaidh?

what does it mean to be 'highly scottish'?

it is definitely used in scottish english, perhaps not in central belt dialects

i hear it all the time here

"Saoilidh mi gu bheil mu 10 bliadhna ann bhon a thòisichear a' bruidhinn air seo an toiseach. Bhathar a' faicinn dà rud, rudan a bha a' tachairt ann an Èirinn agus sa Chuimrigh, agus cuideachd an-seo fhèin, mar a bha gnothaichean a' tuiteam air ais. Agus mar as tric ma tha thu ag iarraidh gum b...

an aon turas a tha rudeigin ann an obar dheathainn, is bidh mis' ann an dùn èideann

et sanoisi sitä jos puhuisit suomea

I've just looked it up on the net, thanks so much. Is it a relaxed atmosphere in there? Do you just go in and explain you're a beginner and they'll take care of you? yeah. they're a nice bunch and they usually split up into groups based on ability so you won't need to feel intimidated. come along o...

17. The city was destroyed by the fire ‘passive’ - chaidh cathair a’ sgriosamh le teine The tense works like this: Chaidh X air a dhèanamh le/aig Y Chaidh am baile air a sgrios le teine :-s chaidh a sgrios no bha e air a sgrios cuideachd: 21. We would have built the house, if we had had the money.*...

Cha chanainn gum feum. An cuireadh sinn taic ris a' BhNP nan tòiseachadh iads' sgudal fhoillseachadh sa Ghàidhlig? (Dè th' agaibh air 'racial purity'?)

Chan eil feuch sam bith air an artaigil sin no air an dòigh-smaoineachaidh len deach a sgrìobhadh, eadar a bheil e sa Ghàidhlig no sa Bheurla.